In this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Elise and Ben discuss the latest in the race for House speaker, ongoing budget woes and how governing may prove a lot harder than campaigning come January.
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 55
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State Government
TribBlog: Straus Rebuffs Patrick
State Sen. Dan Patrick issued a release saying he would host a sit-down meeting of the three candidates for speaker in a “neutral” location. But House Speaker Joe Straus’ office says it never agreed to to the meet-up.
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Higher Education
TribBlog: A&M Student Senate Votes On Immigrant Tuition [Updated]
Texas A&M University’s Student Senate is set to take a final vote this evening on a controversial measure to oppose in-state tuition for undocumented students.
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On the Records: How White Fared at Home
A few days ago, we noted the geographic similarities in the statewide performance of Democrats Bill White and Barack Obama in their respective (and losing) Texas campaigns. The same patterns held true in Harris County, where the former Houston mayor narrowly defeated incumbent Gov. Rick Perry, according to precinct-by-precinct maps.
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TribBlog: KSP v. TDP: It’s On
The King Street Patriots, a Houston-based Tea Party group, have filed a counter-lawsuit against the Texas Democratic Party. And they’ve retained some high-powered counsel: James Bopp Jr., of Citizens United fame.
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State Government
TribBlog: Speaker Candidates on Anti-Semitism
Both GOP challengers to House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, are distancing themselves from activist efforts to emphasize the speaker’s Jewish faith.
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The Midday Brief: Nov. 17, 2010
Your afternoon reading: Joe Barton shores up support, and the prosecution rests in Tom DeLay’s money-laundering case
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State Government
TribBlog: Huckabee Hearts Paxton
Former Arkansas Gov. and current Fox News host Mike Huckabee waded into the speaker’s race today. His pick: state Rep. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney.
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The Brief: Nov. 17, 2010
Did Kay Bailey Hutchison just kick off her re-election campaign?
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State Government
The Dentist Departs
This week marks the final meeting of the State Board of Education before former chair Don McLeroy’s GOP primary opponent, Thomas Ratliff, takes his seat. But the unapologetic creationist and skeptic of the church-state wall says you haven’t seen the last of him yet. “Oh, gosh, no,” he says. “I’m thinking that maybe God’s got something else for me to do.”
